Capt. Michael Neville said three warrants were served and three people were arrested inside the apartment complex.

“We're trying to -- in partnership with the neighborhood community council, different groups that are rebuilding these buildings -- really re-establish what we think Avondale deserves,” Neville said.

In addition to the arrests in the drug raid, Neville said three loaded guns were recovered, along with heroin, marijuana, cocaine and scales. He said the people arrested will be facing drug-related charges along with drug-trafficking charges.

Neville said this project just started and there will be more raids in the future. He wants drug dealers and users to know this will not be tolerated.

“We have a lot of work to do and we're not going away,” Neville said.

This raid was especially troubling, Neville said, because the apartment complex is next to the Rockdale Academy.

Business owner DeAngelo Boynton, of Stag’s Barbershop, Beauty Shop and Day Spa, said the raids mean progress in the neighborhood.

“The change is coming but it's not going to happen overnight, we are a good community there's just a few people in here that are making the neighborhood look bad that's all,” Boynton said.

Boynton’s been in business for 44 years and said he’s behind the police as they continue to make progress in Avondale so the families and children have a great place to call home.

“If it wasn't for the effort of the community and the Police Department then the children wouldn't have a good future because they would definitely go down the wrong path and I'm definitely against that,” Boynton said.